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Tables of Contents for The Pig and the Skyscraper
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
v
Part One
1
148
Arrival in Chicagoland
3
8
The Tracks of Tomorrow
11
14
The Mathematics of Pork
25
16
Buying the Future
41
12
Sky Grazing
53
6
Houses with Wings
59
22
Lumber Mines
81
14
A Streetcar Named Progress
95
16
Suburban Paradises
111
16
Faith Can Also Move Banks
127
22
Metacity: An Imperial Metropolis
141
8
Part Two
149
120
The Mayo Curdles in the Melting Pot
151
26
Black Flags on the Yards
177
18
Class Struggle in the Sleeping Car
195
16
When the Frankfurters Became Dogmeat
211
10
In the Capital of Hobohemia
221
18
At Nature's Feast
239
30
Metacity: Such Compelling Chaos
255
14
Part Three
269
144
Bronzeville: The End of Hope
271
22
Allah on Lake Michigan
293
22
Cabrini-Green: Where Paradise Once Stood
315
12
The Color of Cats
327
10
Greeks Heroes and Lumpen Capitalists
337
18
In the Cogs of the Machine
355
28
Prague in Illinois
383
30
Metacity: Market Missionaries Beseiged in Fort Science
395
18
Epilogue: Human Tides Again
413
24
Postscript: One More Blues, and Then
437
8
Bibliography
445
10
Index
455